I always wonder in these cases where idiots lash out denying climate change that deep down they do it as a coping mechanism, because if they accepted it exists it would quickly weigh down on them how fucked up our environment is.
By denying it they don’t have to think about the world about to go to shit. Maybe that’s why people still have kids.
I remember talking to an adult about religion when I was in high school, and they straight up told me, “the only reason people are nice to each other is so they can get into heaven, without Jesus, there is no motivation for people to be kind, so we have to spread the gospels.”
I was horrified, but all of a sudden, my understanding of the world view for a lot of people just clicked into place
These people are so deranged that if they have a single value overlap with “the libs” they lose their shit. If they can’t be polar opposites they don’t know how to handle it
I thought it was going to be a “science” documentary about flat earth. But it actually turned into more of a psychology documentary and is a tiny bit similar to what you are talking about. Why they believe and don’t change their mind.
David Furness and Elton John merely told the court that Kevin Spacey did not attend a party at their place in either 2003 or 2004. That his only appearance at a party was 2001.
That’s not “celebrity support”. That’s merely testifying facts to the court. These facts may help Mr. Spacey’s case, but they are not the same as the sort of character endorsement the headline implies.
The unfortunate truth is that the majority of the people who voted really did vote for this sort of government. For the past 1.5 decades.
The current opposition is like the Biden alternative. I don’t have many hopes for them but we are at a stage where almost anything is better than this. The current government has been a clown show.
Why do so many conservatives resort to intimidation, “death threats”, and violence to reinforce their beliefs? The current Conservative movement seems to be based as much on fear and retribution as anything else. Meanwhile, they get their panties in a bunch when someone calls them “deplorable”…
Why do so many conservatives resort to intimidation, “death threats”, and violence to reinforce their beliefs?
It’s the conspiracy theory mindset:
They convince themselves they are geniuses because they “know” something scientists deny, and they “saw through the lies”, etc.
So when somone they previously listened to speaks against the conspiracy, all they hear is someone they trusted calling them stupid. And they project their own self-hatred onto that person.
I’ve been told that a lot of irrational anger has its roots in control, including lack of control.
If that’s true, then I think those that quickly resort to violence in defense of their ideology, do so since they fear losing control of how they hold that ideology in high esteem.
Those unwilling to do the difficult task of striking or otherwise demanding higher wages and actively supporting politics that do the same are asking others to prop up those poor wages with money from the others’ hard work.
IOW give me your hard earned money so I don’t have to try to demand more money from my boss for my hard work.
On that note, fuck the food/service industry for basically dodging payroll tax with underreported cash tips and underpaid workers.
I think the main takeaway from this is that for hetero couples, if the man is harassing the woman for not breastfeeding, she can legitimately look him in the face and say 'do it yourself'
I’m glad they’re doing this! I hate finding AirBnbs for less than hotel rooms only to discover the $200 in hidden fees bumping them above the hotel’s cost. I wanna see the all in, taxes and fees included, always.
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